Senior Platform & Compute Engineer — 12-Month Contract

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency seeks a Senior Platform and Compute Engineer for a 12-month contract in Cape Town, South Africa. This role involves maintaining service availability, conducting failover testing, and providing technical consultancy. Candidates should have 3-4 years of relevant experience, including VMware and Azure expertise, along with relevant certifications. The position offers exposure to significant customer projects and requires strong problem-solving skills. Apply now to join our innovative team.

Qualifications

• Preferred certifications: Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate, VMware vSphere VCP, ITIL Foundation.
• Essential experience (3-4 years) with enterprise storage and server hardware support.
• Experience in administering/troubleshooting Windows Server roles.

Responsibilities

• Maintain service availability by performing routine maintenance.
• Conduct failover testing and proactively monitor alerts.
• Provide input for customer-facing technical incident reports.

Skills

VMware vSphere 6.x/7.x

Microsoft Hyper-V

Azure IaaS cloud administration

Active Directory

Backup and disaster recovery technologies

Education

Graduate or qualified by experience

Tools

Dell Servers

HPE Servers

EMC Storage

Job description

A leading recruitment agency seeks a Senior Platform and Compute Engineer for a 12-month contract in Cape Town, South Africa. This role involves maintaining service availability, conducting failover testing, and providing technical consultancy. Candidates should have 3-4 years of relevant experience, including VMware and Azure expertise, along with relevant certifications. The position offers exposure to significant customer projects and requires strong problem-solving skills. Apply now to join our innovative team.